Attorneys for convicted Pittsburgh synagogue gunman seek resentencing
Robert Bowers was sentenced to death after he was convicted of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.
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Robert Bowers was sentenced to death after he was convicted of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh.
Nearly six years after the attack that left 11 dead and several others injured, a groundbreaking is set to take place for a new Tree of Life campus in Squirrel Hill.
Convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers' request for a new trial has been denied.
Prosecutors say a federal appeals court should reject the shooter's request for an acquittal and a retrial.
After a two-month-long trial, survivors of the massacre say the gunman had every opportunity to plead his case.
The convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter has appealed his conviction and death sentence.
Bowers arrived in Terre Haute, Indiana on August 25.
The survivors said they wanted this trial to send a message that this should never happen again.
The judge formally imposed the sentence of death by execution after victims gave impact statements in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.
Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws.
The shooter won't be executed anytime soon, and it could be years before he faces the ultimate punishment.
The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter won't be executed anytime soon, and it could be years before he faces the ultimate punishment.
The judge formally imposed the sentence of death by execution after victims gave impact statements.
The jury has recommended the death penalty for Robert Bowers, the gunman convicted of shooting and killing 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue. The trial has been ongoing since the spring.
A judge formally imposed the sentence of death by execution after victims gave impact statements on Thursday.
KDKA-TV's Erika Stanish has more.
Robert Bowers, the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in Pittsburgh, will be sentenced to death, a jury decided Wednesday.
Now that the jury has voted to impose the death penalty, Robert Bowers will in all likelihood be headed to the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana; KDKA's Andy Sheehan reports.
The jury was tasked with deciding whether the gunman would spend the rest of his life in prison or be sentenced to death.
The Jewish community spoke out after a federal jury sentenced Robert Bowers to death.
Convicted gunman Robert Bowers will either face life in prison or the death penalty.
Convicted gunman Robert Bowers will either face life in prison or the death penalty.
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The jury will begin to deliberate whether the gunman will be sentenced to death or life in prison on Tuesday morning.
Testimony continued Friday in the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial.
